I can confirm to you 100%, if Stef doesn't post here to say it himself. There was to be no mapping restrictions in the next version.
The devs you are speaking of are long gone, Stef had come back at the beginning of his recent tenure and decided a change of pace and approach was needed. Mapping restrictions were set to be one of them. Always knew more people did not understand this though really, so I can see why you think that. There has been a lot of confusion as to what the recent development of the game was, this was not helped by the constant attacks towards stef and gren and the abrasiveness shown on both sides, in the least.
The devs you are speaking of are long gone, Stef had come back at the beginning of his recent tenure and decided a change of pace and approach was needed. Mapping restrictions were set to be one of them. Always knew more people did not understand this though really, so I can see why you think that. There has been a lot of confusion as to what the recent development of the game was, this was not helped by the constant attacks towards stef and gren and the abrasiveness shown on both sides, in the least.